Parts of Speech

Question 1

Noun

Answer 1

Is the part of speech that names a person, place or thing
Ei:
Person: girl, boy, teacher
Place: school, home, store
Thing: pencil, jacket, dog

Question 2

Adjective

Answer 2

Describes a noun or a pronoun. Tells what kind, how many, or which one
Ei:
What kind: happy, brave
How many: more, two
Which one: this, that

Question 3

Verb

Answer 3

Can tell what action someone or something is doing. Can also express a state of being.
Ei:
Action: run, jump, sit, ask, think, talk
State of being: am, is, are, was, were

Question 4

Pronoun

Answer 4

Is used in place of a noun in a sentence. May take the place of the name of a person, place, or thing
Ei:
I, she, it, they, you, he, we, me

Question 5

Article

Answer 5

The words a, an and the belong to a special group of adjectives. Can be used before a noun in a sentence
Ei:
a dog, a rabbit
an apple, an ant
the boy, the bird
Another Definition:
A type of determiner= word used before a noun. Shows whether you are referring to a particular thing or to a general example of something.
Ei:
Indefinite article- ‘a’ ‘an’
Definite article- ‘the’

Question 6

Adverb

Answer 6

Describes a verb, adjective, or another adverb. Tells how, when, where, or to what degree.
Ei:
How- quickly
When- today
Where- outside
To what degree- barely

Question 7

Preposition

Answer 7

A word that describes the relationship between a verb and an object. Think of them as “placement words”
Ei:
Off, in, into, on, around, at, behind, beside
From, to, until, over, with, after

Another definition: Shows the relationship of a noun or pronoun to another word
Ei: A dog can be
-in the doghouse
-around the doghouse
-near the doghouse
-on the doghouse

Question 8

Conjunction

Answer 8

Joins together single words or groups of words in a sentence.
Ei:
And, but, or, nor
Another definition: acts as a connector to words, phrases, clauses, or sentences

Question 9

Interjection

Answer 9

Expresses strong feelings or emotion. Can be a single word or a phrase
Ei:
Help! Oh! Ouch! Ugh! Whew! Ah! Wow! Look out! Oh dear!

Question 10

Determiners

Answer 10

Ei:
the tea, this tea, best tea
some tea, Joe’s tea, our tea, better tea

Another definition: a word that modifies, describes or introduces a noun
Can be used to clarify what a noun refers to (Ei: your car) and to indicate quantity or number (Ei: four wheels)

Question 11

Qualifiers/ Intensifiers

Answer 11

Their sole purpose is to “qualify” or “intensify” an adjective or an adverb. They modify adjectives or adverbs, telling “to what degree”
Ei:
Very, too, so, quite, rather

Question 12

Interrogatives

Answer 12

Introduce questions when the question requires more than yes or no answer.
Ei:
Who, whose, whom, which, what, how, why, when, where

Question 13

Independent Clause

Answer 13

A group or words that contains a subject and a verb. Makes sense on its own as a sentence
Ei:
Jane ate pasta
Sam went to the park

Question 14

Dependent Clause

Answer 14

A group of words that contains a subject and a verb. Doesn’t make sense on its own as a sentence.
Ei:
Because she was hungry
After he finished school

Question 15

Subordinating Conjunction

Answer 15

A word or phrase that links a dependent clause to an independent clause creating a complex sentence. Act as transitions between two ideas in a sentence. The transition can indicate various kinds of relationships between ideas (ei: time, place or cause and effect)

Ei: after, once, until, whenever, whether, while, why